Figure 1.--Prince Albert is seen here in 1896. Both boys wear frilly white dresses. I think all of their dresses were white. Notice the natural curls.
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Figure 1.--Prince Albert is seen here in 1896. Both boys wear frilly white dresses. I think all of their dresses were white. Notice the natural curls. |
George VI and his older brother David (Edward VIII) wore white lacy dresses, although not at such advanced ages as there father. One picture shows George the VI in a carriage wearing a long lacy dress at 2 years of age. An older boy (probably his brother Bertie--Edward VIII), also in a lacy dress, is standing beside him. The dresses look to be identical to what a girl might have worn. They are not boy dresses made especially for boys with plainer styling or other featurs such as front buttons.
Bradford, Sarah. The Reluctant King: The Life and Reign of George VI, 1995-1952 (New York: St. Marin's Press, 1989), 506p.
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